In 5th & 6th class, we are taking part in “The Big Grow” with Innocent smoothies. We recently enjoyed planting cress, peas and spinach and look forward to observing their growth and germination over the coming weeks.

Today our class did a fun science experiment about energy. We added a vitamin C tablet to a container of water. We put the lid on the container, shook it and turned it upside down. We stood back and after a few seconds there was an explosion!! This is because there was a release of chemical energy and a lot of gas built up inside the container! The containers and their lids ended up everywhere. Luckily we did the experiment outside!

Mrs. Hayman’s class had fun making and eating pancakes today to celebrate Pancake Tuesday. We all helped to make the batter by pouring, sieving and mixing. Then, as if by magic, the batter turned into 24 yummy pancakes!! Then for the best part…everyone got a turn to flip the pancake on the pan. We had a pancake party eating our pancakes and listening to the story ‘The Runaway Pancake’. Happy Pancake Tuesday!

Senior Infants and First class have been busy bees this January! We read the story ‘Tom Crean’s Rabbit’ by Meredith Hooper and painted pictures of Tom Crean in the Antarctica. We also learned about some animals in the Arctic and Antarctica. First class completed projects on a chosen animal. They did a fantastic job!

We are also learning about An Aimsir in Gaeilge. Tá sé fuar!!

In SESE we recorded the weather each day on our weather chart. We had lots of different types of weather during the week!

For Aistear, senior infants were sorting clothes and designing umbrellas. The also became weather reporters!